Rufous-Chested Flycatchers

9th August 2017,  Sg. Congkak, Selangor

Local Name:  Burung Sambar Dada Oren

Scientific Name: Ficedula dumetoria

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

Male

Female

Pale Blue Flycatcher: Juvenile

9th August 2017,  Sg. Congkak, Selangor

Local Name:  Burung Sambar Biru Rimba

Scientific Name: Cyornis unicolor

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

Pale Blue Flycatcher

16th July 2017,  Ampang, Selangor

Local Name:  Burung Sambar Biru Rimba

Scientific Name: Cyornis unicolor

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

Rufous-Browed Flycatcher

4th December 2016, Fraser’s Hill, Pahang. 

Local Name:  Sambar Leher Putih

Scientific Name: Ficedula solitaria

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

Ferruginous Flycatcher

26th November 2016, Sg. Congkak, Selangor 

Local Name:  Sambar Dada Oren

Scientific Name: Muscicapa ferruginea

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

 

 

Verditer Flycatcher (male)

30th July 2016, Kemensah, Selangor 

Local Name:  Sambar  Ranting

Scientific Name: Eumyias thalassinus

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

 

Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher (Male)

30th & 31st July 2016, Kemensah, Selangor 

Local Name:  Sambar Kelicap Ranting

Scientific Name: Cyornis tickelliae

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

These could be images of two different birds.

 

 

This bird  puzzles me. She displays bluish feathers on her flanks and the orange-rufous feather on the breast extends down her flanks. Usually Tickell’s Blue Flycatchers have a sharp demarcation of the orange-rufous and the white belly.

Asian Brown Flycatcher

27th February 2016, Awana, Pahang

Local Name:  Sambar Asia

Scientific Name: Muscicapa dauurica

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

A fairly common migrant flycatcher

Verditer Flycatcher [male]

20th February 2016,  Kemensah,  Selangor DE

Local Name:  Sambar Ranting

Scientific Name: Eumyias thalassina

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

 

 

Green-Backed Flycatcher

13th February 2016, Kemensah, Selangor

Local Name: 

Scientific Name: Ficedula elisae

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

Male

 

Female

Mugimaki Flycatcher

5th April 2014, Ulu Kali, Pahang

Scientific Name: Ficedula mugimaki Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G                               The male   A first winter male   A female fattening herself before the long migration back to the north

Green Backed Flycatcher

27th March 2014 FRIM, Selangor

Scientific Name:  Ficedula elisae Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G

Yellow-Rumped Flycatcher

16th March 2014, Taman Melawati, Selangor

Scientific Name: Ficedula zanthopygia Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G

Asian Brown Flycatcher

9th February 2014, Kemensah , Selangor

Species: Asian Brown Flycatcher Local Name: Burung Sambar Asia Scientific Name: Muscicapa dauurica Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G

Mangrove Blue Flycatcher

28th June 2013, Sabak, Kelantan

Species: Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Local Name: Burung Sambar Biru Scientific Name: Cyornis rufigastra Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G   A Mangrove Blue Flycatcher  chick waiting to be fed by an adult male.

Snowy-Browed Flycatchers

17th March 2013,Ulu Kali, Pahang

Species: Snowy-browed flycatcher Local Name: Sambar Kening Putih Scientific Name: Ficedula hyperythra Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G   The male The female

Mugimaki Flycatcher

17th March 2013,Ulu Kali, Pahang

Species: Mugimaki flycatcher Local Name: Sambar Mugimaki Scientific Name: Ficedula mugimaki Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G I think this could be a first–winter male judging by the  intense orange colour at the throat and breast ( compared to this female).

Mugimaki Flycatchers

23rd February 2013,Ulu Kali, Pahang

Species: Mugimaki flycatcher Local Name: Burung Sambar Mugimaki Scientific Name: Ficedula mugimaki Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G One wouldn’t think that these two birds belong to the same  species simply by the looks. The female appeared  to be ahead in stocking up energy than the male for their upcoming flight north.

Asian Paradise Flycatcher

15th September 2012, Kemensah , Selangor

Local Name: Sambar Ekor Panjang Scientific Name: Terpsiphone paradisi Equipment: Nikon D7000, Nikkor AFS 400mm f2.8ED VR+TC20EIII

Mangrove Blue-Flycatchers

9th March 2012, Ayer Itam Dalam, Pulau Pinang

Local Name: Sambar biru bakau Scientific Name: Cyornis rufigastra   The male Mangrove Blue-flycatcher .     The female has distinctive white spots on the lores and cheeks.